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couldn't really sleep last night. I think 2010 is another year for the really bad insomnia. :-(Anyway, I decided to go out this morning to run some errands instead of waiting for Evan to get home from school when it will be hot outside.
I got to Wal-Mart @ about 9:45. They didn't have any electric carts. I decided to sit on the bench just inside the door for a while to see if someone brought one back.While I was there, some older man asked if he could sit beside me. Of course I said "Yes".
Dude proceeded to tell me that he's on vacation with his wife from South Georgia and they were only supposed to stay here for 3 days on their way back from Maryland where he preached at some church but they've been here for a week now and they are going back home this Thursday! Yada yada on and on.
So I see someone I know and jokingly, I said "Go back in and get Evan some boots so I don't have to walk all the way back there."
She - What size?
Me - 12½
She - Black or brown?
Me - Black
So she goes back in the store to shop for the shoes!!!!!!!!
I turned to the dude and said "I didn't really think she'd do it!"
He - Well you must know her.
Me - Yeah.
So he told me that he has a - one of those things you drive on vacation. Like a Winnebago? I don't remember what it's called.
He told me other stuff too, but I wasn't really listening, I was looking for the girl who went back to get the shoes.
She came back with a black and brown pair size 12 (they didn't have 12½) but said she'd go back for 13 if I wanted her to.Me - No. If he doesn't like these, I'll bring Evan back and HE can walk all the way back there. I really appreciate this. Thank you so much!
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Can you buleedat?
The only reason I can think why she did it is because her mother is BFFs with my SIL and her younger sister was BFFs with my niece when they were in elementary school.
The only person I go back into Wal-Mart for is my mother, and that's only because I have the electric cart and I don't actually have to walk all over creation to get whatever it is, LOL.
Wow.
People can be so nice sometimes. ☺
Yup :) Actually thats the kinda thing I might do (not that I'm trying to big myself up or anything). If I'm going to the supermarket after work I text CJ and my housemate just in case they need something cos I know that if I didn't they'd ask me as soon as I got through the door "If you're going to the supermarket could you get....."
ReplyDeleteHan - Yeah, I always have to call my mother when I'm at the store to see if she needs anything, LOL.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is so interesting. I'm sorry I miss so much by having to work so often. I don't really miss much, just miss it on a timely basis.
ReplyDeleteI think 2 people traveling only by themselves in a humungous motorhome is outrageously insensitive to our planet's resources. But then I don't preach in Maryland, so there's that.
I also have a Walmart story that happened today. At about the same time this morning. That is mind-boggling.
ReplyDeleteMax - Why do I always feel like you're pulling my jive when you say things like that?
ReplyDeleteThe dude said that since he retired, they travel all over the place, towing his truck behind him. He did say that whatever he was doing before he retired involved a lot of driving and he likes to drive. I'm sure it's cheaper than flying....
Max - Do tell.
ReplyDeleteI love how you caught enough of his basic details to have a conversation but didn't really pay attention to the rest of it.
ReplyDeleteI hear so much chatter at home I'd be so pissed if that guy sat next to me and started talking his head off. I also enjoyed the fact that he was a preacher.
I don't know about you, Pookie, but when that kind of stuff happens to me, it's usually right after I've been really dicky, like the Universe telling me; You are such a douche. I hope yours was just someone being good to you, cause you deserve it! =D
ReplyDeleteAria - I don't remember being particularly bitchy in recent weeks. I've been in the house trying to get some geedee sleep, LOL.
ReplyDeleteCG - I think most people are uncomfortable with silence, so they talk to make themselves feel less awkward. He really didn't need me to pay attention, he was just talking at the person sharing the bench with him. IMO. ☺
ReplyDeleteWell. If he's also towing a truck behind the motor home, then that makes it ok. Sorry. :)
ReplyDeleteJust because it's probably cheaper than flying doesn't mean h....
Aw, never mind.
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Well, in my Walmart saga I had a fight with the Sara Lee bread delivery man. It wasn't as interesting as your story.